Your Sister Kumi Is Having Problems with Her Two-Year-Old Daughter

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Essay

Your sister Kumi is having problems with her two-year-old daughter.Your niece,Kayla,has been throwing tantrums to get her own way.As you watch Kumi and Kayla interact,you see that Kumi will say "no" to Kayla,Kayla will scream and cry,and then Kumi will give in to her.What can you tell Kumi about the principles of operant conditioning that might help her deal with the situation?

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Definitions:

Repression

A defense mechanism where unpleasant thoughts, feelings, or desires are excluded from consciousness.

Sigmund Freud

The Austrian founder of psychoanalysis, a practice for addressing mental health issues through dialogue between a psychoanalyst and a patient.

Retrieval Failure

An inability to recall information from long-term memory, often due to inadequate cues or encoding issues.

Excruciating Pain

An intense and extremely severe pain that may be debilitating or incapacitating.